tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post8260649227622935426..comments2023-10-07T08:39:43.102-07:00Comments on McTaggart's Typewriter Workshop: THE KMARTJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-46709860453687338232016-07-22T00:35:52.730-07:002016-07-22T00:35:52.730-07:00Its a great pleasure reading your post. Its full o...Its a great pleasure reading your post. Its full of information I am looking for and I love to post a comment that "The content of your post is awesome" Great work. <br /><a href="http://www.pedalit.cc/" rel="nofollow">work shop hand cleaner</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498658691389556809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-44491589001064840852014-04-17T18:13:28.670-07:002014-04-17T18:13:28.670-07:00Michael, how did you get on with your Smith Corona...Michael, how did you get on with your Smith Corona?<br />Regarding the oil, I just use what has been called for years as "Sewing machine" oil. Very light almost the consistency of water.. You will be able to find it any good hardware store or look up oil retailers. I am assuming that you have an air compressor and I used metal canister with the nozzle fitted up top. <br />I fill it up to near the top and add maybe a cup full of oil. I am sorry these are not very precise measurements, 1/8th oil, 7/8ths white spirit. Use the kerosene liberally because at this stage this where all the good work is done , the white spirit mixture is just the icing on the cake.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-72500478266279761652014-02-27T08:16:33.439-08:002014-02-27T08:16:33.439-08:00Beautiful info, I just found this linked on reddit...Beautiful info, I just found this linked on reddit. I have an old '48 Smith Corona that has a some seriously sticky typebars. I've been working in meth alcohol over a couple of days, but it doesn't seem to help much. I saw you recommended mineral spirits and oil for this job, any specific brand or kind of oil for that task? Thank you for your wonderful information. I'd love to see a picture of Kmart, by the way.Michael Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165389504901806131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-28464604535789613002013-12-12T11:45:38.085-08:002013-12-12T11:45:38.085-08:00Jose, let me know what make and model your typewri...Jose, let me know what make and model your typewriter is and I may be able to help....Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-69095102962267387632013-12-12T11:15:26.382-08:002013-12-12T11:15:26.382-08:00Very useful information and a money saver! I have ...Very useful information and a money saver! I have a machine that the carriage runs to the right side. I hope you will have a blog on how to repair it. It's great to have another helpful typewriter blog and all of us will appreciate your advice. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833048325327424654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-24295286949521214612013-12-09T08:20:51.653-08:002013-12-09T08:20:51.653-08:00John, it is only within the past year that I'v...John, it is only within the past year that I've begun to fully express a latent appreciation of typewriters, but already I have been the very grateful recipient of your knowledge, and even your generosity in the form of a package of scarce typewriter parts that arrived here in the golden rollin' hills of California all the way from Queensland, Australia. I can only plea for more posts like this one - your knowledge is as rare as those parts, and hugely useful to us all.TonysVisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035849049327300498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-37504864892446912142013-10-08T21:20:36.405-07:002013-10-08T21:20:36.405-07:00Nice work John, great to see the beast up and runn...Nice work John, great to see the beast up and running. Looking forward to reading more of your posts and perhaps even a little bit more Dostoyevsky...Steve Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096720918399327814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-32243198654573866172013-10-08T19:04:53.350-07:002013-10-08T19:04:53.350-07:00Sorry, I forgot to add that that typeface is not t...Sorry, I forgot to add that that typeface is not the typewriter's, my skills have not advanced to the stage where I can transfer the typewritten word to the computer page.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-42822493661001804072013-10-08T19:02:27.707-07:002013-10-08T19:02:27.707-07:00Thank you Ted, I appreciate your comments. I used...Thank you Ted, I appreciate your comments. I used to soak the machines in a chemical in a purpose built tank supplied by Ames. I have forgotten the name of the chemical but I will try to track it down. It left the machines spotless but you still had to spray that mixture of White spirit and oil afterwards because the machine were completely " squeaky" clean... For our purposes some kind of method like I use would suffice for our needs.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-87958136801928380392013-10-08T18:56:29.850-07:002013-10-08T18:56:29.850-07:00Rob, thank you for your kind comments. On the subj...Rob, thank you for your kind comments. On the subject of the line-spacing mechanism, I saw it many years ago on the Empire portables coming out of the West Bromwich factory and also on the Hermes range of machines. I guess Nakajima must have bought the patents from the Brits because that line-spacing mechanism has turned up on so many Japanese made machines from the 70's onwards, maybe even earlier. See Rob Messenger's blog covering in depth the history and a bewildering, mind-blowing summation of the all the possible variations coming out of the Brother/Nakajima factories. That article was a real tour de force and will remain a valuable reference for later generations of collectors. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-47910200824010124022013-10-08T17:24:04.705-07:002013-10-08T17:24:04.705-07:00Great post. Thanks for some insightful informatio...Great post. Thanks for some insightful information. I often thought of soaking a machine in kerosine, just never did.<br /><br />The typeface on that machine is really nice.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-70104044514736514932013-10-08T16:49:48.089-07:002013-10-08T16:49:48.089-07:00Good info John, thanks for sharing it. And thanks ...Good info John, thanks for sharing it. And thanks Scott for promoting your new blog. I have to ask, what Was the machine you were working on? Did British Typewriter in West Brom really make Nakajimas, or was it an Empire Aristocrat/Hermes Baby?Rob Bowkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065940710708289511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-18708455450185529282013-10-08T07:02:46.809-07:002013-10-08T07:02:46.809-07:00Oh wow, this post contains tons of information. An...Oh wow, this post contains tons of information. And all of it very useful! <br /><br />Good to see you writing online. Read a lot of stories about you, now we can read stories from you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-16739740695878238602013-10-07T23:38:55.958-07:002013-10-07T23:38:55.958-07:00Awesome advice! Thanks for it John - can't wai...Awesome advice! Thanks for it John - can't wait to read what else you write :)<br />Welcome to the blogging world of the Typosphere! :D<br /><br />Nat, natslaptapsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-27158710812339819502013-10-07T20:11:41.945-07:002013-10-07T20:11:41.945-07:00That's a brilliant piece of knowledge so hard ...That's a brilliant piece of knowledge so hard to find this days. Thank you!Piotr Trumpielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849313715621355838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081197141675256155.post-10066085355822507992013-10-07T16:34:36.151-07:002013-10-07T16:34:36.151-07:00There's a metric tonne of good advice on repai...There's a metric tonne of good advice on repairing a machine here. Just beautiful. <br /><br />I'm going to have a look at this K-Mart one next time I'm down there. But I think you have many more interesting machines. Speaking of rust removal, I have an Olympia SG3 of yours here that looks like it is going to be a heck of a monster. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.com